The RoanokeSlant

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The Massive UVa Hidden $2.3 BILLION Slush Fund In Perspective

Helen Dragas, we remember
her as the member of the Board of Visitors who made a noble attempt to oust Queen
Sullivan the UVa President.

Unfortunately the ouster was
thwarted by a massive Liberal-Progressive Jihad to keep the Queen on the
throne. The folly of that move was
highlighted by Sullivan’s pathetic and despicable performance in the Rolling
Stone caper during which she threw the entire male population of UVa under the
Politically Correct NOW bus.

Wow! Bernie
was right! Free college education for
everyone in Virginia!

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Clearly this massive issue
deserves both an administrative and a criminal investigation, but it’s UVa –
let’s just “Fuhgeddaboudit”!

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This malfeasance is almost
as disturbing as the UVa Michael Mann FOIA stonewalling fiasco in which UVa
spent hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting to keep the taxpayers from
seeing Mann’s totally debunked so called “Hockey Stick” data that was the basic
for Gore’s Inconvenient UnTruth and Obama’s totally misdirected energy mess. The taxpayers paid for it, but they can’t see
it, but it's the basis for our national energy policy! How sad is that!

“Perhaps
the biggest shock to Wall Street was the sharp drop in inventory building from
American businesses. Digging into the data, non-residential fixed investment
dropped at a 2.2% annualized rate in the quarter, shaving 0.28 percentage point
off of GDP, while the total change in private inventories erased 1.16
percentage point from 2Q GDP.”

Six Baltimore Police Exonerated In Anti-Police Gray Case

“A law professor with a
history of taking prosecutors to task has set his sights on the Baltimore state’s
attorney, who failed in her bid to put six cops in prison in connection with
the racially-charged death of Freddie Gray.

GeorgeWashingtonUniversity law professor John Banzhaf has filed complaints
against Marilyn Mosby with the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland. He
alleges Mosby and two deputies committed ethics violations, used “fraudulent or
misleading tactics," withheld evidence from the defense and brought
charges without probable cause against the Baltimore police officers involved in the
April 12, 2015 arrest of Gray, who died of injuries suffered inside a police
van.”

“BALTIMORE
— Prosecutors on Wednesday dropped all charges against the three officers
awaiting trial in the Freddie Gray case, effectively closing the books on the
high-profile case and leaving the state without a conviction in the
25-year-old’s arrest and death, which sparked protests and riots in the city
last year.”

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This case
is the epitome of the current anti-police crusade that has been orchestrated
from Obama and down to the local Black Lives Matter gangs.

Relative to Mrs. Kaine's performance as Secretary of Education one may wonder how does the serious
accusations by “The “Virginia LegalAid Justice Center’s JustChildren
Program” that ‘our schools are a pipeline to prison’ reflect on Mrs. Kaine’s
stewardship and education of our children?

It might be
helpful if Mrs. Ann Holden Kaine were to share with the parents, teachers and
administrators of Virginia’s schools what her actions have been to address
these very serious allegations and what should be done by others going forward.

A hard-won
moment of silence for fallen police officers Thursday night at the Democratic
National Convention was marred by chants from the crowd of “black lives matter!” in an ugly moment that angered law enforcement
representatives and underscored the anti-cop climate that has gripped the nation.

Pg Va Pg 1,
2: Heat at hotel was too much for Trump
– Special by Dan Casey

Pg 5:
Editorial: Trump’s brilliance (with much tongue-in-cheek)

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The Trump
coverage in the RT was robust and reasonably OK given the usual slant of the
Roanoke Times editorial team and their commitment to Obama, Hillary and the
DNC.

Lot’s of OK pictures and fair view of pro-con-protesters.

Perhaps the
Bernie, Wasserman, Email and rebellion fiasco took the edge off their quills.

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Of interest
and some entertainment was Dan Casey’s expose on the Roanoke Hotel
air-conditioning fiasco. Clearly Trump
was disturbed that 1500 of his supporters were stuck in a sauna at 90 degrees
and 80 percent humidity in a 5-star facility he had paid BIG money to rent for
the day. Trump made his displeasure very
plain from his view as well as on behalf of his supporters who were clearly
mistreated –

He Was Their Voice!

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Casey likes
to do roll-playing scenarios – so here’s one:

Casey books
a first-class suite honeymoon package at the Roanoke for him and his lovely spouse for
their anniversary. The room is at 90
degrees and 80 percent humidity. His
spouse is understandably not happy, but, Dan refuses to complain or ask for a
rate adjustment because after all, this is THE Roanoke Hotel and Dan wouldn’t
want to be proactive and thereby distract from his mild and meek image. Really?
I think Not!

“Like President Obama, Hillary offers no apology or even
acknowledgment that it was wrong of the DNC to rig the election against Senator
Sanders. Instead, she praises DWS and gives her a new job. ON HER CAMPAIGN.If
that isn't a middle finger to the Bernie Sanders voters, I don't know what is.”

The primary
reason for major teacher turnover in Roanoke
is painted as the Superintendent’s fault.
She’s acting like a warden. Seems
appropriate, after all, the Roanoke Times and
their partners at The “VirginiaLegalAid JusticeCenter’s
JustChildren Program have labeled Roanoke Schools as a pipeline to prison.https://www.justice4all.org/justchildren/justchildren-program/

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A
mitigating factor in the teacher turnover is stated as too much tops down
demands from staff. This is
understandable given the flow of “wisdom” from Obama’s DOE down to McAuliffe’s
DOE (Tim Kaine’s Wife in-charge), down to the local school board and then down
to the teachers where conflicting objectives and processes meet the reality of
teaching 30+ students in a politically-correct dysfunctional teaching-learning
environment.

Perhaps the
“teacher leaving” issues include: teachers are working in a hostile disrespectful classroom
environment, accused of being a key part of the school-to-prison pipeline,
expected to have all the students pass the SOL’s and be the on-site Social
Worker repairing the dismal home-life many children suffer.

“As a Roanoke resident for 20
years, and as music director and conductor of the Roanoke Symphony, it really
matters to me that we have quality city schools with a culture of success. It
is important for us to remember that it wasn’t always this way, and I write
today as a citizen and as a parent.”